The eXchanger - The eXchangers' Thread - Quotes to Ponder

"When we were created, we were given our ground to live on and from this time these were our rights. This is all true."

~ Wininock~ (Yakima)

"He wanted to make a treaty with us, and to give us presents, blankets, and guns, and flint, and steel and knives...We do not want your presents, and do not want you to come into our country."




~ Curly Chef ~ (Pawnee)

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit
that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

Amos Bronson Alcott

"His ignorance is encyclopedic" - Abba Eban (1915-2002)

"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the
freedom of thought which they avoid."
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'." - Larry Hardiman

Speaking on quotes today:

[8:02:44 AM] Anonymous: Ahuh ..... I'm just checkiing out some awesome quotes on love.
[8:03:17 AM] Debra: wispy
[8:03:19 AM] Debra: lol
[8:03:30 AM] Anonymous: Sighhhhhhh!
[8:04:01 AM] Debra: Love is not something we find.. We are Love and we create more!
[8:04:27 AM | Edited 8:04:32 AM] Debra: That is "my quote" on Love
[8:04:42 AM] Anonymous: : Nice.......
[8:04:59 AM] Debra: Keeping it "simple"
[8:06:12 AM] Anonymous: Ahuh .... and real...
[8:06:37 AM] Debra: Yes.. As real as I can with you without "confusing you".
[8:08:44 AM] Anonymous: Mmmmmmm ..... Eye see that in you, thank you Sweets.

[9:09:22 AM] Anonymous: Can I share another quote?
[9:09:30 AM] Debra: Yes
[9:09:32 AM] Debra: Please do
[9:10:29 AM | Edited 9:10:49 AM] Anonymous: "My head says,"Who cares?"
But then my heart whispers,"You do, stupid..." "
[9:11:02 AM] Debra: "My head says, "Who cares"?"
[9:11:13 AM | Edited 9:13:31 AM] Debra: Then my heart whispers, "I do".
[9:11:54 AM] Anonymous: Well , the mind can be dumb without heart..... lol
[9:12:37 AM] Anonymous: Here's another beauty .....
[9:13:00 AM] Debra: Well the Heart doesn't speak of the word stupid.
[9:13:15 AM] Debra: Watch the subliminals.. very important.
[9:14:48 AM] Anonymous: "The Woman came from a Man's rib, not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be Loved."
[9:15:38 AM] Debra: The Woman did not come from a man's rib.. lol.. She is equal next to his rib!
[9:16:00 AM] Debra: Some of these quotes haven't had much thought!
[9:16:10 AM] Debra: lame the first part.
[9:16:17 AM] Anonymous: I know that Sweets ... its all analogy....
[9:16:24 AM] Debra: It's stupid
[9:16:28 AM] Debra: lol
[9:16:47 AM] Debra: Subliminal analogy again!
[9:16:55 AM] Anonymous: Well any butcher will tell you, the rib is not the best cut .....lol
[9:17:51 AM] Debra: I don't mean to pick every word apart.. It's just that that was such a beautiful quote, butchered by the rib
[9:18:55 AM] Anonymous: OK .... How would you alter the beginning to really give it oompf?
[9:19:11 AM] Debra: ok, let me see
[9:19:39 AM] Anonymous: I do love this quote.....
[9:22:53 AM] Debra: See I would not put any of the negatives regarding a man.. for women can be as equally as cruel.. I would make it way more "simple".
[9:23:02 AM] Debra: Like this
[9:23:07 AM] Anonymous: Mmm?
[9:23:15 AM] Debra: That came from a man basher
[9:23:20 AM] Debra: in my opinion
[9:23:23 AM] Debra: that quote
[9:23:31 AM] Anonymous: OK ....
[9:23:32 AM] Debra: Or just copied and copied from someone else's thoughts
[9:23:43 AM] Debra: without giving much thought at all to it themselves.
[9:24:39 AM] Debra: Here, this takes away all negative connotations.
[9:24:42 AM] Debra: “Woman and man are both a miracle, gifted equally to be next to the Heart in Love”
[9:25:41 AM | Edited 9:25:52 AM] Anonymous: Still, I like the idea of "... being at the side, under arm for protecting and near the heart for love."
[9:25:57 AM] Debra: Well why does one think a woman needs to be protected?
[9:26:20 AM] Debra: Does that not take away some of the power as a female?
[9:26:24 AM] Debra: again, another negative
[9:26:44 AM] Anonymous: In the wilds, would that not be one of the natural purposes of the male?
[9:27:03 AM] Debra: If the man is in the wild "hunting" who then is there to protect the woman?
[9:28:11 AM] Debra: The protection is "invisible" not physical and we all have it.
[9:28:23 AM] Anonymous: True .... and it depends on how you define the power of a woman?
[9:28:59 AM] Debra: The power of the woman is to bring forth "life".. She needs no protection from Man, only Love!
[9:29:37 AM] Anonymous: I feel a woman has the capacity of power that can circumvent and overwhelm the physical....
[9:30:33 AM] Debra: [9:24 AM] Debra:

<<< “Woman and man are both a miracle, gifted equally to be next to the Heart in Love”Simple words that penetrate deeper than any mind can fathom.
[9:31:16 AM] Debra: Man likes to be the protector, maybe it makes them feel "worthy"?
[9:32:03 AM] Debra: You do know that in "ancient times" it was the woman who went out and hunted.. the roles were reversed then.
[9:32:09 AM] Debra: The Woman is the True Warrior!
[9:33:27 AM] Anonymous: It is a part of the courting, to verify that he is worthy and accepted by the woman. Ancient cultures existed where the women were the ruling hirachy.
[9:34:12 AM] Anonymous: There are still villages in remote areas of China where that is still the norm.
[9:34:30 AM] Debra: Then those men do indeed honor the divine feminine.
[9:34:39 AM] Anonymous: Yesssssss.
[9:36:10 AM] Anonymous: But also only the feminine can make truely rational decisions for the community as they have the maternal instinct for what will best for the offspring.
[9:37:42 AM] Debra: I disagree. There are many Fathers who can be equally as rational, especially if they grow up with all the Love (in a community). This is where the cycle needs to be broken.. Villages need to raise children, not just the Women!
[9:39:32 AM] Anonymous: Once again balance is the key, I didn't say that the males have no input into the decision making process, issues are discussed amongst everyone and all feedback is considered.
[9:41:13 AM] Debra: [9:36 AM] Anonymous:

<<< only the feminine can make truely rational decisions for the community
[9:41:22 AM] Debra: That is indicative of Man's irrationality
[9:41:25 AM] Debra: your statement
[9:43:01 AM] Anonymous: I'm seeing the current results of congress......
[9:43:19 AM] Debra: lol..
[9:43:37 AM] Debra: Congress is not "in community".. I am talking "in community".
[9:44:45 AM] Anonymous: Of course Sweets...... if you put "Man" in unnatural environment he/she will behave in unnatural manners.
[9:45:14 AM] Debra: Eye

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government
and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan

"Right now, I'm having deja vu and amnesia at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before."--Stephen Wright.

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant." - Charles De Gaulle

"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."

Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full,
then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of
children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every
stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists.

J. Krishnamurti

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from
mediocreminds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not
thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and
courageously uses his intelligence.

--Albert Einstein

"The honor of the people lies in the moccasin tracks of the woman. Walk the good road.... Be dutiful, respectful, gentle and modest my daughter... Be strong with the warm, strong heart of the earth. No people goes down until their women are weak and dishonored, or dead upon the ground. Be strong and sing the strength of the Great Powers within you, all around you."

--Village Wise Man, SIOUX

Subject: Pharmacist


A lady walks into a drug store and tells the pharmacist she needs some
cyanide. The pharmacist said, " Why in the world do you need cyanide?

The lady then explained she needed it to poison her husband.

The pharmacist's eyes got big and he said, " Lord have mercy, I can't give
you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! They'll throw
both of us in jail and I'll lose my license.

Then the lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her
husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife and handed it to the pharmacist.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well now, you didn't
tell me you had a prescription."

TO BE REALLY SORRY FOR ONE'S ERRORS IS LIKE
OPENING THE DOORS OF HEAVEN.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan

To have courage for whatever comes in life-everything lies in that.

Saint Teresa of Avila

"You could study the ancestors, but without a deep feeling of communication with them it would be surface learning and surface talking. Once you have gone into yourself and have learnt very deeply, appreciate it, and relate to it very well, everything will come very easily."

--Ellen White, NANAIMO

Feel everything
Question everything
Resist nothing
Live like you're dying
Live like you're dreaming
Love like you're dancing
Widen your world

~ Raphael Cushner, "Setting Your Heart on Fire"

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"It is well to be good to women in the strength of our manhood because we must sit under their hands at both ends of our lives."

--He Dog, OGLALA LAKOTA

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is
happy. ~ Johann von Goethe

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as
you have always accepted that seasons that pass over
your fields and you would watch with serenity through
the winters of your grief. ~ Kahlil Gibran